Stainless steel kettle is a kitchenware item that is a pot shaped container used for boiling or simmering. This is one of the most oldest and traditional form of cooking utensil. It is fabricated out of durable stainless steel.


Design
Fabricated from finest quality stainless steel, usually kettles come with tight-fitting lids to keep the drink hot. Available in several shapes, colors and sizes it is used rapidly to heat water for hot drinks, such as tea or instant coffee. Kettles are also available with engraved patterns, embellished body, soft touch handles and hemispherical-bottom.

There are two varieties of kettle:

• Electrical: Having a stainless steel body with insulated handle, either made of wood or plastic, such kettles are powered by mains electricity. When water reaches its boiling point, kettle automatically inactivates itself to forbid water boiling away and damaging heating element.
  
  
• Non electrical: Non electrical kettle has a spout and a lid with a handle to carry the kettle. It is designed in such a way that it can be put directly on burning gas stove. However one should be careful using these kettle. Since it is made of stainless steel, the body is heated quickly and hence adequate care must be taken to take the kettle out of the gas stove.

Some kettles have a whistle attached to the spout. When the water starts boiling, the whistle signals it. However electric kettles switch themselves off when the water is boiling.

Features
Most electrical stainless steel kettles have the following features:

• Durable and highly tensile stainless steel body
• Automatic safety cut-off when boiled
• Facility of on/off indicator
• Provided with anti-scale heater
• Voltage and frequency cut off regulator